Rail-bed for elevated railways



(No Model.)

J. LOOKHART.

RAIL BED FOR ELBVATBD RAILWAY'S.

No.250,372. Patented Deo. 6,1881.

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JESSE LOOKHART, OF NIANTIO, ILLINOIS.

RAIL-BED FOR ELEVATED RAILYVAYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,372, dated December 6, 1881,

Application led August 27, 1'881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JESSE LOCKHART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Niantic, in the county of Macon and Sta-te of Illinois, have invented a new and usef'ul Rail-Bed for Elevated Railways, of which the following is a speciiication, and which has neverl been patented to ine nor to others with my knowledge and consent in any foreign country.

M yinvention relates to ruil-beds for elevated railways, in which ties are dispensed with andthe rails bolted to the bed in a manner that permits free lateral expansion and contraction.

The object of iny invention is to produce a bed and inode of attachment that will, in 'combinatiou with the rail used, (which has been previously patented in the United States by m9,) tend to lessen the noise peculiar to elevated railways.

fron] pieces of metal, bent as shown, united beneath the bed 0 and bolted together to formY the Stringer A. The fender B is preferably higher than the fender G.

D is the rail held in lateral position by blocks t' i, and bolted to the bed by devices e e.

Device c consists in a bolt of the configuration shown, tting over the top and side of the base of the rail, provided with a longitudinal slot in its threaded end, in which a wire or metal blank is laid, and which, when the nut fis screwed up, is bent outward into one of a seriesofslots in the face of the nut, thereby locking the same. lhe bolts c pass through the blocks z' and the bed 0, and are screwed down from underneath by the nutsf, whereby the rail D is securely held in place.

I claim- 1. In an elevated railway-hed, the Stringer A, bed O, and fenders B C, formed from' plate metal, bent as shown, and bolted together to form the Stringer A, constructed substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with'bed O B O, of bolt e and block fi, as and for the purpose set forth.

JESSE LOO KHAR'I. 

